Moggy Cat, yes be concerned. There should be an obligation to do the job they were hired for in a correct manner. The patented construction of COREtec Plus features our innovative COREtec core structure, which is an extruded core made from recycled wood and bamboo dust, limestone, and virgin PVC. We have several pieces of large furniture (couch on legs, heavy piano, china hutch, etc) and we haven’t seen any harm done to the floor whatsoever. Thank you all so very much for putting my mind at ease. I was thinking of pulling up the sheet and plywood through the bathroom and using KILLZ on the subfloor and the adding some vapor barrier underlayment and then coretec stone. @Nancy - Thanks for your input. No mfg refused to take care of ours as they state any mold or mildew is not warrantied. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Worse in other areas. Those need to be found, removed and replaced. We would fall under the 1/4 inch. I am really sorry that you aren’t pleased with the flooring and install, but unfortunately we buyers have to be much more involved than we would like these days. That’s my thought. To lay CoreTec, you will need to level your subfloor...remove the waviness from it and remove anything that feels spongy. MR, there was lots of discussion on this early in the thread, and the guidance at that time was that Coretec should NOT be run under cabinets because it is a floating floor. We haven't decided which way to have them lay the floor yet so I'm open to suggestions. Furthermore, CORETec Plus never needs expansion strips in large rooms. The roof lasted years. if so, you may end up with dents. I might need to look into this option when we do that room in the near future. I would imagine if it’s installed properly, floating should be fine. Need good waterproof wood pattern click lock vinyl plank floor, Wood tile, or travertine?? We’re considering it, but would love to see some non-stock photos! I have searched everywhere online and I haven't been able to find any reviews. I believe it should be in the installation instructions. Updated for 2020. Slabs have to be aged a certain number of months before that type of flooring is installed. We have Calypso Oak and I don’t think you are supposed to glue it down. COREtec The Essentials Great Northern Oak. stains. See more ideas about Flooring, Coretec flooring, Coretec. There are other options for a vapor barrier, there are membranes such as floor muffler which act as a vapor barrier but aren’t plasticy. COREtec Plus represents the next revolution in luxury vinyl flooring. He hadn’t read the instructions which clearly mentioned all of that, but I had thank goodness. Ok so maybe the subfloor was not leveled properly prior to install in the case I mentioned. It was frankly a lifesaver when I had some territorial cat problems, and I will not hesitate to put it in my next home. There should be an obligation to do the job they were hired for in a correct manner. If cabinets are to be installed on top of the flooring (including islands), that area of material must be fully adhered to the subfloor (including an additional 2’ft beyond the cabinets and islands). New engineered wood floors look dirty with glue? Libby, just weighing in to ease your mind on Coretec. This one room will have a crawl space under it. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. For some weird reason, it isn't coming up when I do a search on "Coretec" so here's a link to it: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/anyone-used-coretec-dsvw-vd~2388434. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. can you install CORETec calypso oak (WPC) under cabinetry? What is the consensus about running it under appliances- fridge, dishwasher etc? Shine a flash light into the space to see if there is plastic or exposed earth. tia. A barrier is not expensive and I don’t think it is too time consuming to include.Why are installers resistant to it? My contractor is not familiar with this particular brand but said he typically runs floating floors under cabinets. You do the work that you see needs doing once you look underneath your home. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Only issue would be making sure Coretec would still honor their warranty if you used that (there are limits on thickness of additional underlayments for most floating click floors). In many cases COREtec can be laid straight over tiles and concrete. Thanks! CORETec Plus is inert and dimensionally stable; it will not expand or contract under normal conditions. And you'd incur more installation expenses unless you wanted to do it yourself (it could be done a bit at a time so you wouldn't have to move everything out, but you'd have a little unfinished strip between newly laid floor and old floor as you progressed).